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THE WARFARE OF THE BORDER 161
fell and he rode out of sight and out of hearing.- When he
drew rein again it was at the farm of Judge Russell Hicks, on the
Sni, in Jackson county. The next morning at David George's
he disbanded for ten days, sending messengers out in all direc-
tions to announce his arrival and make known the rendezvous.
Todd went to the Six Mile country to recruit; Scott, to Lee's
Summit; Cole Younger, to Big Creek, in Cass county; Poole,
to Lafayette county; Gregg and Quantrell remained on the
Sni, and Jarrette and Berry ran at large from the Kansas line to
Saline county, Missouri. The Federals felt the stir of these
rejuvenated Cossacks as the trees the stir of the reawakened
sap. They clutched at the Missouri river and held it between
Lexington and Waverly as fast as the ice had. Poole, Gregg,
Younger, Scott, John Ross, William Greenwood, Jarrette and a
few others captured the steamer Sam Gaty, while Jarrette, Rey-
nolds, and three other Guerrillas pounced upon another steamer
at Waverly. John Ross and William Greenwood were Guer-
rillas of splendid dash and intrepidity. In all the war Green-
wood was never known to be without a smile upon his face or a
load in his revolver. Ross was a boy who grew up in battle
and when he became a man he was also a veteran. Either was
fit to fight for a crown.
Capt. John G. McCloy commanded the Sam Gaty-a brave,
fearless, true-hearted sailor, handy with a pistol himself, and
no more afraid of a Guerrilla than a sand-bar. He landed his
boat at a wood-yard just below Sibley, but scarcely were the
stage planks run out on the shore when Jarrette, Younger,
Clifton, Henry Hockensmith, William Greenwood, John Poole,
Cole Younger and a dozen others rushed upon the deck.
Twenty-two negroes were on board in Federal uniform, togeth-
er with twelve white soldiers. Capt. McCloy was not on watch
at the time, but he hurried from his room half dressed and man-
fully faced the Guerrillas. Some wanted to kill the negroes.
Cole Younger swore they should not be harmed, and Cole
Younger's word was law even with the most desperate among
the band. Among the white soldiers six belonged to Penick's
command and six to McFaren's. Only the six Penick men
were killed, and these because Penick had ordered all who
belonged to his regiment to never take a bushwacker alive.
Capt. McCloy also held out stubbornly against taking human
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A history of the lives and adventures of Quantrell, Bill Aderson, George Todd, Dave Poole, Fletcher Taylor, Peyton Long, Oll Shepherd, Arch Clements, John Maupin, Tuch and Woot Hill, Wm. Gregg, Thomas Maupin, the James Brothers, the Younger Brothers, Arthur McCoy and numerous other well known guerrillas of the West

THE WARFARE OF THE BORDER 161
fell and he rode out of sight and out of hearing.- When he
drew rein again it was at the farm of Judge Russell Hicks, on the
Sni, in Jackson county. The next morning at David George's
he disbanded for ten days, sending messengers out in all direc-
tions to announce his arrival and make known the rendezvous.
Todd went to the Six Mile country to recruit; Scott, to Lee's
Summit; Cole Younger, to Big Creek, in Cass county; Poole,
to Lafayette county; Gregg and Quantrell remained on the
Sni, and Jarrette and Berry ran at large from the Kansas line to
Saline county, Missouri. The Federals felt the stir of these
rejuvenated Cossacks as the trees the stir of the reawakened
sap. They clutched at the Missouri river and held it between
Lexington and Waverly as fast as the ice had. Poole, Gregg,
Younger, Scott, John Ross, William Greenwood, Jarrette and a
few others captured the steamer Sam Gaty, while Jarrette, Rey-
nolds, and three other Guerrillas pounced upon another steamer
at Waverly. John Ross and William Greenwood were Guer-
rillas of splendid dash and intrepidity. In all the war Green-
wood was never known to be without a smile upon his face or a
load in his revolver. Ross was a boy who grew up in battle
and when he became a man he was also a veteran. Either was
fit to fight for a crown.
Capt. John G. McCloy commanded the Sam Gaty-a brave,
fearless, true-hearted sailor, handy with a pistol himself, and
no more afraid of a Guerrilla than a sand-bar. He landed his
boat at a wood-yard just below Sibley, but scarcely were the
stage planks run out on the shore when Jarrette, Younger,
Clifton, Henry Hockensmith, William Greenwood, John Poole,
Cole Younger and a dozen others rushed upon the deck.
Twenty-two negroes were on board in Federal uniform, togeth-
er with twelve white soldiers. Capt. McCloy was not on watch
at the time, but he hurried from his room half dressed and man-
fully faced the Guerrillas. Some wanted to kill the negroes.
Cole Younger swore they should not be harmed, and Cole
Younger's word was law even with the most desperate among
the band. Among the white soldiers six belonged to Penick's
command and six to McFaren's. Only the six Penick men
were killed, and these because Penick had ordered all who
belonged to his regiment to never take a bushwacker alive.
Capt. McCloy also held out stubbornly against taking human
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